Kenyan case law

Republic v Paul Odhiambo Ogunde [2015] KEHC 330 (KLR)

✦ The court grants the application and admits the accused to bail pending the hearing and final determination of the case.

Coquero Limited v Bruce Joseph Bockle [2015] KEHC 475 (KLR)

✦ The Plaintiff is allowed to execute the judgment before taxation of costs.

Clean Analytical System AB & another v Faith Kagwiria & another [2015] KEHC 518 (KLR)

✦ The court finds the defendant and 3rd party in contempt of court for knowingly disobeying a clear and unambiguous court order.

Fatuma Rama Mwaurinda & Amina Rama Mwaurinda v Kusi Mukami Mwaurinda (Succession Cause 318 of 2011) [2015] KEHC 7965 (KLR) (8 December 2015) (Ruling)

✦ The prayer for revocation/annulment of the Grant of Letters of Administration is denied. The omitted and wrongly included assets are included/excluded in the schedule of assets of the estate.

Republic v Joseph Mutua Kimanzi & 2 others [2015] KEHC 401 (KLR)

✦ The production of the identification parade forms is overruled.

Pius Mutisya Kiting’o v Republic [2015] KEHC 852 (KLR)

✦ The appeal is upheld and the conviction and sentence are set aside

Nancy Wanja Gatabaki v Muga Developers Limited [2015] KEHC 527 (KLR)

✦ The court declines to allow the plaintiff's application to strike out the defendant's statement of defence and sustains the defence on record, ordering the suit to be set down for hearing on its merits.

Republic v Reinos Kiptoo Chirchir [2015] KEHC 411 (KLR)

✦ The objection to the application is dismissed.

Accord African Venture Safaris Limited v Site Forwarders Limited [2015] KEHC 8057 (KLR)

✦ The Defendant's defence is struck out and judgment entered for the Plaintiff for the sum of KShs. 3,253,800/00 with costs and interest at court rates.

Robenson Kirimi Magiri v Nkoroi Magiri & another [2015] KEHC 850 (KLR)

✦ The estate should be distributed between the two houses, taking into account the number of children in each house and the surviving spouses.

Republic v William Mbithi Ngali [2015] KEHC 312 (KLR)

✦ The court finds the prosecution case weak and lacks proof beyond reasonable doubt. The accused is acquitted of the murder.

Republic v Godfrey Muchanji Ojiambo [2015] KEHC 308 (KLR)

✦ The court denies the application for bail due to the accused's lack of a fixed abode, the likelihood of absconding if released on bond, and the hostile neighbours at his former place of abode.

Kenya Power & Lighting Co & another v Asman Abdallah Okwaro [2015] KEHC 611 (KLR)

✦ The application is dismissed for lack of merit

Mohamed Shee Bwana v Public Trustee [2015] KEHC 7958 (KLR)

✦ The Notice of Motion is incompetent and the Motion has already collapsed.

Republic v Musa Adika Mudavila (Criminal Case 85 of 2013) [2015] KEHC 274 (KLR) (Crim) (7 December 2015) (Judgment)

✦ The accused is found guilty of murder.

Lucy Wanjiru Kariuki v Republic [2015] KEHC 417 (KLR)

✦ The conviction and sentence are upheld. The applicant's application for revision is dismissed.

Njuguna & Partners Advocates v Cornerstone Security Services Limited & John Kangogo (Miscellaneous Application 379 of 2012) [2015] KEHC 8051 (KLR) (Civ) (7 December 2015) (Ruling)

✦ The court finds that the 2nd Respondent is the client of the Advocate and is liable for the unpaid costs.

Peter Karani Mudigo v Republic (Criminal Appeal 50 of 2015) [2015] KEHC 810 (KLR) (7 December 2015) (Judgment)

✦ The twenty-year sentence is set aside and replaced with a six-year sentence from the time of conviction.

Lucy Wanjiku Mkuu v Karl Salzmann Limited & another [2015] KEHC 146 (KLR)

✦ The court denies the application for prohibitory and mandatory injunctions as it would effectively determine the petition's outcome prior to hearing.

Republic v Isaac Kariuki Kithinji [2015] KEHC 403 (KLR)

✦ The application for bail pending trial is refused

Republic v Joseph Meme M’Anmpiu & Edward Muriki Stanley [2015] KEHC 848 (KLR)

✦ Accused 2, Edward Muriki Stanley, is found guilty of murder and is convicted under Section 322 of CPC.

Grevas Barasa Odewa v Selpha Auma Sokoni [2015] KEHC 685 (KLR)

Republic v John Kioko Musembi [2015] KEHC 261 (KLR)

✦ The court finds that the prosecution has established a prima facie case against the accused and he shall be put to his defence.

Lawrence Kariuki Njeru v Republic [2015] KEHC 407 (KLR)

✦ The application for bail pending appeal is dismissed.

Republic v David Mwangi Mungai & Beatrice Nyagaki Mungai (Criminal Case 77 of 2013) [2015] KEHC 299 (KLR) (Crim) (7 December 2015) (Ruling)

✦ The evidence establishes a prima facie case against the accused persons and they are put on their defence.